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Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones appear on track to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

truenewj5 months ago04 mins

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones appear poised to win election to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday when the Baseball Writers Association of America vote is announced. As of Monday night, Beltrán had been elected on 89.2% of the 223 early-revealed ballots tabulated on Ryan Thibodaux’s online vote tracker, just over…

Anthony Rendon buyout talks seal it: 2 worst contracts in MLB history come from 2019 Nationals

truenewj6 months ago08 mins

For all the angst that comes with big nine-figure MLB contracts when they’re first signed (welcome to the club, Dylan Cease), they actually tend to be pretty good investments. Sometimes you get a paradigm-shifting superstar who elevates your franchise to the promised land (e.g. Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager, Max Scherzer). Other times, you find a…